Sikes, Mark: - Mark Sikes has been a Casting Director in Los Angeles since 1993. He began his Hollywood career with Academy Award-winning producer, Roger Corman. Sikes was a casting assistant on Corman's production of The Fantastic Four. He has been one of the busiest casting directors in Los Angeles for the past 27 years and has cast films that have shot all over the United States as well as all over the world. In addition to his credits in casting he has also served as producer on 8 films, including his Executive Producer role on Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four. Sikes has also been a professional blogger for 15 years, writing for acting websites like The Casting Frontier, offering actors advice on how to navigate their careers in Hollywood. A former high school drama coach and summer camp director, he has taught at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles and been a guest lecturer at UCLA, UC Irvine and AMDA. He has taught an on-going acting class in Los Angeles for the past 20 years.